{"id":59704,"date":"2018-10-17T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59704"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:45:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:45:05","slug":"defense-department-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/defense-department-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon&#8217;s Defense Department Suffers Security Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Defense Department Breached, Leaving 30K Employee&#8217;s Information Exposed<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, the Pentagon confirmed its Defense Department was breached, impacting approximately 30,000 military and civilian employees.\u00a0 The information breached included personal information and credit card data.\u00a0 At this time, there is no evidence any classified information was compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Pentagon just confirmed this breach, department officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/12\/pentagon-reveals-cyber-breach-of-travel-records\/\">reported<\/a> informing leaders of the cyber attack on October 4, 2018.\u00a0 The exact dates of the breach remain unclear, leaving the exact magnitude of the breach unknown.\u00a0 Therefore, the number of employees impacted is expected to increase as the investigation continues.\u00a0 During the ongoing investigation, the Defense Department determined the breach involved a single, undisclosed commercial vendor.\u00a0 This vendor remains under contract, but the department has made assurances the vendor will be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/12\/pentagon-reveals-cyber-breach-of-travel-records\/\">ceasing performance under its contracts<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>As the department continues to investigate, proper notifications will be sent out to those impacted.\u00a0 Officials also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/12\/pentagon-reveals-cyber-breach-of-travel-records\/\">reported\u00a0<\/a>fraud protection services will be provided to all victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Department Breached, Leaving 30K Employee&#8217;s Information Exposed Last week, the Pentagon confirmed its Defense Department was breached, impacting approximately 30,000 military and civilian employees.\u00a0 The information breached included personal information and credit card data.\u00a0 At this time, there is no evidence any classified information was compromised. 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